COLUMN: We'll see what this Colts team is made of

8:30 AM,
Oct. 4, 2012

Indianapolis Colts interim head coach Bruce Arians talks about head coach Chuck Pagano, who has been diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia, during an NFL football news conference at the team's headquarters in Indianapolis, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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BOB KRAVITZ
The Indianapolis Star

I can still remember a conversation with a former Colts assistant coach. We were talking about that 2005 season, when Indy was the most dominant team in the league. Late that season, though, Tony Dungy's son committed suicide.

"We were never the same after that," the coach told me. "I couldn't say it at the time, but something was missing. Something was ripped out of that team. Emotionally, we weren't the same team."

It would be nice to think the Indianapolis Colts will play far over their heads Sunday, and the rest of this season, to honor Chuck Pagano and his battle with leukemia. It would be nice ...